Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Giveaway -- come join the fun

As I have been subtly hinting in my last two or three or maybe four posts there is a small something I wanted to do for the most important part of this blog today. Yes, that is Google, I am talking about. You know they host my blog on blogger and give me nifty tools like analytics to play with. Ahem.

Okay, okay...who am I kidding. It is not about them. It is about you, "The Readers", as in you human drumming on the keyboard with your fingers or tapping on your phone with grotesquely long nails and looking at my blog page with a look of utter boredom. "Really, this woman", you are probably thinking, "how she wastes her time, cooking masoor dal and then writing about it. Huh!" Or you could also be someone settled down with a cup of chai in the corner couch and reading through my post, ready with perfectly sweet, polite comments to pep me up.

I love you both. I like you all. I also want to thank you and you. So whoever you are stay put because the next few words I write can change your life forever. Okay, maybe not but we can hope.

Now today being a sunny Wednesday and yesterday being a rainy Tuesday in my part of the world and the fact that it is also Diwali (or rather day after Diwali) and that good always wins over evil and that I love you in the theoretical sense, I would like to gift you a FIFTY DOLLARS gift card from Amazon.

Now ideally I would have loved to give all of you and myself that gift card but in real world that is not possible. So I am going to have to pick one single person who can then splurge his or her way on Amazon.And splurge you can with a $50 amazon gift card.

Also as we all know that happiness doubles on sharing, I will also be contributing FIFTY DOLLARS to a charity of the winner's choice and the contribution will be made in the name of the winner. Note: The charity should be a registered one and should be able to receive online payment.

Here are the rules of the game.

1. Like this blog's page on FaceBook ("Like" only if you like this blog and not because I am telling you to)

2. Spread the word about this blog and giveaway on Facebook and Twitter. My Twitter handle is @BongMomCookBook. Shameless plug in I know but I think more people deserve to know about Indian and Bengali food, there is a whole range of tastes to explore.

3. Once you have done 1 and 2 leave a comment finishing the sentence "If I would go bungee jumping, the last dessert I would eat is ___________". If you are not comfortable doing 1 and 2, fine, just leave a comment. Please leave your e-mail so that I can contact you in case of a win.

4. The winner will be picked from those who leave a comment, using Random.org and will be announced on November 20th

**The Amazon gift card is a global card and can be used wherever you are. However depending on your location Amazon may or may not ship certain things. That you can check with Amazon.You can also use it for buying digital entertainment stuff like apps and books for kindle.

Nice giveaway. The last dessert I would eat would be the caramel custard..really craving for it now. Tried your Nimki recipe for Diwali came out very well. Thanks so much http://cookingupsomethingnice.blogspot.ru/2012/11/nimki-bengali-namak-para.html

I "like"ed your FB page a while back, tweeted about your giveaway, and am stuck with dessert. Real tricky one, and from the responses, my guess is that for a lot of people, bungee jumping is kind of like - dying, and the last thing is like - the topmost thing. For me, I would choose carefully, and the last thing I would choose would be mihidana with rabri! or maybe peaches and cream.

Ok you know i have done the first one long ago and the second one i would do if i remember my paasword for twitter it is alaways changing as i forget them and then i send them a mail saying forgot paasword and they send me a notification to change and the cycle goes on and on.About bungee jumbing i don't think i will ever do that, but then in a situation like that i think i would not eat anything at all as i will be sure if i jump i will throw up because of beeing afraid :-)

I'd never go bungee jumping but if I suddenly lost my mind and went, my dessert would be Strawberry Shortcake the way my mother always made it. That's the way I make it also: homemade shortcake, fresh strawberries, homemade whipped cream w/a touch of vanilla. Oh, and I'd have it the night b4 in case I get motion sickness when they hoist me up for the jump.

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P.S. I've been meaning to ask you about easy recipes for Chichinga. Any suggestions? We have 3 left from the garden.

I am not a dessert kind but for many years I haven't tasted 'Sarpuria' from VIP sweets (Salt Lake, Kolkata, India). So before going for a bungee jumping I would love to eat a piece or 2 of Sarpuria! The upside down jump after that will have mouth-watering effect :-p

Sandeepa,I already "like" you on FB, and don't have a twitter account. Ever since I happened upon your blog I have been having this sense of "i/we did that" everything from Mango'r jhol on Sundays to khichuri-pokora on rainy/cold days. Besides I have two little girls like you that I want to have grow up knowing bengali food culture (since their dad is Canadian), so reading your blog is sometimes like reading my mind! Besides you are funny, which is the highest compliment I can offer.SO "if I was to go bungee jumping the last desert i would eat"... would be rasmalai and Creme Brulee. But they would have to be the very best, I am very picky with my rasmalais and creme brulees!

I don't know how replies to comments work quite yet... so I am reposting my reply from my blog, to you, here:Oh that's too bad, that you decided not to move!... Manitoba is small (population wise) but friendly! And yes there are at least two durga Pujo's performed at Winnipeg and SEVERAL bengali cultural events throughout the year. The indian population density and the grocery availability is far from NJ (we were in Edison and East Windsor visiting family this summer) but still pretty good. It is a very stable (economically) and multicultural province.If you don't mind my asking, what industry does your husband work in? Most of the bengali community here is professional, your typical engineers/doctors/professors/educators and at least one architect!cheers,

Happy Diwali and Subho bijoya to u and ur loved ones :) (all belated though!).I am a facebook person and already like u there but do not belong to twitter at all though will try it out.

"If I would go bungee jumping, the last dessert I would eat is Abar Khabo". The motive behind this wud be to put myself in an infinte loop (abar khabo,abar abar khabo ,abar abar abar khabo.....) and never go for the bungee jumping at all . ;)

Your e-mails are so entertaining. I was amused by this idea of yours, bungee jumping. Well, I will never survive and am scared to even imagine. But I would like chilled ras malai with fainted smell of rose water sprinkled with pistachio. You do not have to give out prize for the best answer. You can do this just for fun along with your alluring recipes. Happy Diwali.Bhattacharjee, Pennsylvania

me too a long time lurker and make an occasional appearance to comment. :) like i said the last time, love your witty style of writing . Best of luck on your new cook book.My last dessert would be gulab jamun made with mawa..yum yum :) - sarahenigmaticsarah@gmail.com

I just love your blog and have probably tried most of your recipes successfully so far at home. Your bhapa doi recipe saved me last time when I had guests at home and tried to make doi from scratch and wasn't successful in the attempt. I was still able to make the doi following your recipe by the time they finished off the lunch. :-) Thank you for the giveaway! I don;t think I will ever go bungee jumping in my life unless something bad happens to me and I know I am going to die anyway on that same day :-) but "If I would go bungee jumping, the last dessert I would eat is gujiya with mishti doi".

If I would go bungee jumping, the last dessert I would eat is 'hot rashogollas'. Though it is quite hard to choose from my favourite bengali desserts I guess rashogolla will win this time, specially as they are hot ;)

Errr..I dont access FB anymore...but you know I am a fan right?I have been reading for 2 years now and you, obviously have made me drool on Bong food for a long time...I have tried some sweets (easy microwave ones you have given) some jhaal like the muri and some perfectly bong veg bong dishes :)

Well, I would never ever have the guts to go Bungee Jumping..and even if I have, I wouldnt waste a sweet on it because I am sure to puke..but still if you are asking, I would well, I would go on and have a nice big fat chunk of rasagulla followed by some sober gajar halwa and some yummy coconut/jaggery burfi ;) Hey you asked for it eh?

Did all that but I would probably not eat anything before bungee jumping. But if you ask as in what would be your last meal then it would probably me gobindo bhog chaal-er bhaat, moong-mushurir daal, nana rokom bhaaja and even maach bhaaja..

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Predominantly a Bong, who loves being a Mom and loves to cook among other things for the li'l one and the big ones.She loves to write too and you will find her food spiced up with stories. Mainly a collection of Bengali Recipes with other kinds thrown in, in good measure. A Snapshot of Bengali Cuisine